Assign content to a table column

Associate a field from the Data View with a column header and body element.

About this task

This procedure shows you how to associate a field with a column.
However, a column can contain any content, for example, a column can include another table or a
chart.

Select the Data View tab. Identify the field you wish to use for a
column in the table object.

Select the Create an element based on the document context icon from the
Data View Toolbar.

Using relative positioning, hold down the CTRL key and drag the field from the Data
View and drop it into the header row for the desired column.

A column header is created. The column title is placed as a WordBox object. The Class property reflects that this is a title for the column, rather than
a value.

Using relative positioning, drag the field from the Data View and drop
it into the body row for the desired column.

An expression is created with the value of the field. The field is placed as a drawable
reflective of the data type of the field. The Class property reflects that this display the value
(instead of the title).